Roman Catholic Diocese of Fissiana
TheDiocese of Fissiana(Latin:Fissianensis) is suppressedLatin Churchdiocese and currenttitular seeof theCatholic Church.
Location
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The exact location for theseatof the diocese is unknown,[1]though Fissiana, is tentatively located somewhere nearFoussanain modernTunisia.Inantiquityit was within theRoman provinceofByzacena,[2][3]corresponding to the modernSahel regionofTunisia.
History
[edit]Of thisdiocesesonly twoDonatistbishopsare known.
- Donato who participated in theCouncil of Cabarsussi,held in 393 byMaximianus,a dissident sect of the Donatists, and he signed the acts of that Council.
- At theCouncil of Carthage (411),Bishop Turrasio represented the town, no Catholic competitor attended the conference.
That the town was a stronghold of Donatism is not surprising, as it is located close to the heartland of that movement with many of the first Donatist congregations forming in the semi-arid region to the west and south west ofFoussana.
Today Fissiana survives astitular bishopric[1]and the current bishop is Alejandro Daniel Pardo,Auxiliary bishopofBuenos Aires.[4]
Known bishops
[edit]- Donato (fl393) (Donatist)
- Turrasio (fl411) (Donatist)
- Francis Arinze(Nigeria) 6 July 1965 – 26 June 1967
- Leo Rajendram Antony(Sri Lanka) 3 August 1968 – 15 February 1974
- Joseph Valerius Sequeira(Myanmar) 20 October 1984 – 24 January 1986
- Julio Ojeda Pascual(Peru) 30 March 1987 – 28 April 2013
- Fernando Martín Croxatto(Argentina) 13 March 2014 – 3 August 2017
- Darius Trijonis(Lithuania) 29 September 2018 – 6 June 2024
- Alejandro Daniel Pardo(Argentina) 19 June 2024 - present